It is the 97th day of the year, with only 268 days remaining until the end of the year.
529 - First draft of the Corpus Juris Civilis, a fundamental work in jurisprudence, is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I.
1788 - Settlers arrives at the confluence of the Ohio and Muskingum rivers, establishing Marietta, Ohio, as the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory.
1805 - The Corps of Discovery breaks camp among the Mandan tribe and resumes its journey West along the Missouri River.
1827 - John Walker, an English chemist, sells the first friction match that he had invented the previous year.
1906 - Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples, Italy.
1922 - United States Secretary of the Interior leases Teapot Dome petroleum reserves in Wyoming.
1933 - Prohibition is repealed for beer of no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of the Twenty-First Amendment.
1940 - Booker T. Washington becomes the first African-American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
1943 - In Terebovlia, Ukraine, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress to their underwear and march through the city to the nearby village of Plebanivka where they are shot dead and buried in ditches.
1945 - The Japanese battleship, Yamato, the largest battleship ever constructed, is sunk by American planes 200 miles north of Okinawa while en-route tp a suicide mission in Operation Ten-Go.
1946 - Syria declares its independence from France.
1948 - The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
1954 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
1969 - The internet's symbolic birth date because of the publication of RFC 1.
1971 - President Richard Nixon announces his decision to increase the rate of American troop withdrawals from Vietnam.
1990 - John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the Iran Contra Affair. However, the conviction is later reversed upon appeal.
2003 - United States troops captured Baghdad, Iraq.
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Friday, April 6, 2012
6th of April
Today is the 96th day of the year, with only 269 days remaining until the new year.
46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Prcious Cato, in the Battle of Thapsus.
1652 AD - At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town.
1808 - John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America's first millionaire.
1814 - It is the nominal beginning of the Bourbon Restoration, and the anniversary date that Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
1862 - The Battle of Shiloh begins, forces under Union General U.S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.
1865 - The Battle of Sayler's Creek occurs, when Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond.
1866 - The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War is founded. It lasts until 1956.
1869 - Celluloid is patented.
1896 - In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1500 years after the original games are banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I.
1909 - Robert Peary and Matthew Henson reach the North Pole.
1917 - The United States declares war on Germany.
1941 - Nazi Germany launches Operation 25 and Operation Marita, the invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece, respectively.
1947 - The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
1972 - American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments in what is known as the Easter Offensive, during the Vietnam War.
1973 - The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.
1998 - Travelers Group announces an agreement to undertake the $76 billion merger between Travelers and Citicorp, and the merger is completed 6 months and 2 days later, forming Citibank.
46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Prcious Cato, in the Battle of Thapsus.
1652 AD - At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town.
1808 - John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America's first millionaire.
1814 - It is the nominal beginning of the Bourbon Restoration, and the anniversary date that Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
1862 - The Battle of Shiloh begins, forces under Union General U.S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.
1865 - The Battle of Sayler's Creek occurs, when Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond.
1866 - The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War is founded. It lasts until 1956.
1869 - Celluloid is patented.
1896 - In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1500 years after the original games are banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I.
1909 - Robert Peary and Matthew Henson reach the North Pole.
1917 - The United States declares war on Germany.
1941 - Nazi Germany launches Operation 25 and Operation Marita, the invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece, respectively.
1947 - The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
1972 - American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments in what is known as the Easter Offensive, during the Vietnam War.
1973 - The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.
1998 - Travelers Group announces an agreement to undertake the $76 billion merger between Travelers and Citicorp, and the merger is completed 6 months and 2 days later, forming Citibank.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
5th of April
Today is the 95th day of the year, with only 270 days remaining until the end of the year.
1614 - In Virginia, Native American Pocahantas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
1621 - The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to Great Britain.
1722 - The Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island.
1792 - President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
1900 - Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
1923 - Firestone Tire and Rubber Company begins production of balloon-tires.
1933 - President Franklin Roosevelt signs executive order 6102, "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates" by U.S. citizens.
1943 - American bmober aircraft accidentally cause more than 900 civilian deaths, including 209 children, and 1300 wounded among the civilian population of Belgian town of Mortsel.
1951 - Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for performing espionage for the Soviet Union.
1955 - Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
1956 - Fidel Castro declares himself at war with the President of Cuba.
1976 - In the People's Republic of China, the Movement on this date leads to the famous Tiananmen incident.
1614 - In Virginia, Native American Pocahantas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
1621 - The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to Great Britain.
1722 - The Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island.
1792 - President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
1900 - Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
1923 - Firestone Tire and Rubber Company begins production of balloon-tires.
1933 - President Franklin Roosevelt signs executive order 6102, "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates" by U.S. citizens.
1943 - American bmober aircraft accidentally cause more than 900 civilian deaths, including 209 children, and 1300 wounded among the civilian population of Belgian town of Mortsel.
1951 - Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for performing espionage for the Soviet Union.
1955 - Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
1956 - Fidel Castro declares himself at war with the President of Cuba.
1976 - In the People's Republic of China, the Movement on this date leads to the famous Tiananmen incident.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
4th of April
Today is the 94th day of the year, with only 271 days remaining until the new year.
1581 - Francis Drake is knighted for completing a circumnavigation of the world.
1812 - President James Madison enacted a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.
1818 - The United States Congress adopts the flag of the United States with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (then 20).
1841 - William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia becoming the first President of the United States to die in office and the one with the shortest term served.
1850 - Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city.
1859 - Bryant's Minstrels debut "Dixie" in New York City, in the finale of a blackface minstrela show.
1865 - A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, Abraham Lincoln visits the capital and supposedly sits in Jefferson Davis' chair.
1873 - The Kennel Club, is founded. It is the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
1905 - In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra valley, killing 20,000 and destroys most of the buildings in Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, and Kangra.
1949 - Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty, creating NATO.
1964 - The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.
1968 - Martin Luther King Jr., is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
1969 - Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
1973 - The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated.
1975 - Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Alburquerque, New Mexico.
1975 - A United States Air Force C-5A Galaxy crashes near Saigon, South Vietnam shortly after takeoff, transporting orphans. A total of 172 die in Operation Baby Lift.
1991 - Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their plane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.
1994 - Marc Andreesen and Jim Clark found Netscape Communications Corporation.
1581 - Francis Drake is knighted for completing a circumnavigation of the world.
1812 - President James Madison enacted a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.
1818 - The United States Congress adopts the flag of the United States with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (then 20).
1841 - William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia becoming the first President of the United States to die in office and the one with the shortest term served.
1850 - Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city.
1859 - Bryant's Minstrels debut "Dixie" in New York City, in the finale of a blackface minstrela show.
1865 - A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, Abraham Lincoln visits the capital and supposedly sits in Jefferson Davis' chair.
1873 - The Kennel Club, is founded. It is the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
1905 - In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra valley, killing 20,000 and destroys most of the buildings in Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, and Kangra.
1949 - Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty, creating NATO.
1964 - The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.
1968 - Martin Luther King Jr., is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
1969 - Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
1973 - The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated.
1975 - Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Alburquerque, New Mexico.
1975 - A United States Air Force C-5A Galaxy crashes near Saigon, South Vietnam shortly after takeoff, transporting orphans. A total of 172 die in Operation Baby Lift.
1991 - Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their plane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.
1994 - Marc Andreesen and Jim Clark found Netscape Communications Corporation.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
3rd of April
Today is the 93rd day of the year, with only 272 days remaining.
1860 - The first successful United States Pony Express run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California begins.
1865 - Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
1882 - American outlaw Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford.
1885 - Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
1888 - The first of 11 unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London occurs.
1895 - Trial of the libel case instigated by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment of charge of homosexuality.
1922 - Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1933 - A British expedition, led by Marquis of Clydesdale, and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston, flies over Mount Everest.
1936 - Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, the son of the famous aviator.
1946 - Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Phillipines for leading the Bataan Death March.
1948 - President Harry Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
1955 - The American Civil Liberties Union, announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech.
1969 - United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, announces that the United States will start the Vietnamization of the war effort.
1973 - Martin Cooper of Motorola makes the first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs, though it took ten years for the DynaTAC 8000X to become the first such phone to be commercially released.
1981 - The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.
1996 - Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is arrested at his cabin in Montana.
2008 - Texas law enforcement cordons off the FLDS' YFZ Ranch. Eventually 533 women and children will be removed and taken into state custody.
1860 - The first successful United States Pony Express run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California begins.
1865 - Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
1882 - American outlaw Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford.
1885 - Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
1888 - The first of 11 unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London occurs.
1895 - Trial of the libel case instigated by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment of charge of homosexuality.
1922 - Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1933 - A British expedition, led by Marquis of Clydesdale, and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston, flies over Mount Everest.
1936 - Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, the son of the famous aviator.
1946 - Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Phillipines for leading the Bataan Death March.
1948 - President Harry Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
1955 - The American Civil Liberties Union, announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech.
1969 - United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, announces that the United States will start the Vietnamization of the war effort.
1973 - Martin Cooper of Motorola makes the first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs, though it took ten years for the DynaTAC 8000X to become the first such phone to be commercially released.
1981 - The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.
1996 - Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is arrested at his cabin in Montana.
2008 - Texas law enforcement cordons off the FLDS' YFZ Ranch. Eventually 533 women and children will be removed and taken into state custody.
Monday, April 2, 2012
2nd of April
Today is the 92nd day of the year, with only 273 days remaining until the new year.
1755 - Commodore William James captures the pirate fortress of Suvarnadurg on the west coast of India.
1792 - The Coinage Act is passed, establishing the United States Mint.
1800 - Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna, Austria.
1863 - Known as the Richmond Bread Riot, food shortages incite hundreds of angry women to demand the Confederate government release emergency supplies.
1865 - The Siege of Petersburg is broken, when Union troops capture the trenches around Petersburg, Virginia, forcing Confederate General Robert E. Lee to retreat.
1865 - Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet flee the Confederate capital of Richmond.
1885 - Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, North-West Territories, Canada, killing nine people.
1902 - Electric Theatre, the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
1917 - President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
1972 - Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the 1950s.
1980 - President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act in an effort to help the U.S. economy rebound.
1992 - In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
1755 - Commodore William James captures the pirate fortress of Suvarnadurg on the west coast of India.
1792 - The Coinage Act is passed, establishing the United States Mint.
1800 - Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna, Austria.
1863 - Known as the Richmond Bread Riot, food shortages incite hundreds of angry women to demand the Confederate government release emergency supplies.
1865 - The Siege of Petersburg is broken, when Union troops capture the trenches around Petersburg, Virginia, forcing Confederate General Robert E. Lee to retreat.
1865 - Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet flee the Confederate capital of Richmond.
1885 - Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, North-West Territories, Canada, killing nine people.
1902 - Electric Theatre, the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
1917 - President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
1972 - Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the 1950s.
1980 - President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act in an effort to help the U.S. economy rebound.
1992 - In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
1st of April
Today is the 91st day of the year, with only 274 days remaining until the end of the year.
It is the beginning of the fourth month of the year, and most notable in many countries for being April Fools' Day.
325 - Crown Prince Jin Chengdi, age 4, succeeds his father Jin Mingdi as emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
1789 - In New York City, The United States House Representatives holds its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first House Speaker.
1826 - Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.
1865 - Confederate General Robert E. Lee begins his final offensive at the Battle of Five Forks.
1873 - The British steamer RMS Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 people.
1891 - The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
1893 - The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
1924 - Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years in prison for his participation in the Beer Hall Putsch. However, he spends only nine months in jail, during which he write his manifesto Mein Kampf.
1933 - The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts.
1967 - The United States Department of Transportation begins operation.
1970 - President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General's warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertisements on television and radio, starting the beginning of the following year.
1976 - Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
2001 - Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Slobodan Milosevic, surrenders to police special forces to be tried on war crimes charges.
2009 - Croatia and Albania join NATO.
It is the beginning of the fourth month of the year, and most notable in many countries for being April Fools' Day.
325 - Crown Prince Jin Chengdi, age 4, succeeds his father Jin Mingdi as emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
1789 - In New York City, The United States House Representatives holds its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first House Speaker.
1826 - Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.
1865 - Confederate General Robert E. Lee begins his final offensive at the Battle of Five Forks.
1873 - The British steamer RMS Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 people.
1891 - The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
1893 - The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
1924 - Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years in prison for his participation in the Beer Hall Putsch. However, he spends only nine months in jail, during which he write his manifesto Mein Kampf.
1933 - The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts.
1967 - The United States Department of Transportation begins operation.
1970 - President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General's warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertisements on television and radio, starting the beginning of the following year.
1976 - Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
2001 - Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Slobodan Milosevic, surrenders to police special forces to be tried on war crimes charges.
2009 - Croatia and Albania join NATO.
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